Window sash and frame.



J. MoGAUSLAND & W..BAILEY. WINDOW SASH AND FRAME.

vAPPIILIIIIGA'I'JIOH FILED DEC. 1'], 1910- Patented ma 7; 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH Co.. WASHINGTON, D. I;

J. 'MoCAUSLAND & W. BAILEY.

WINDOW SASH AND FRAME. APPLIOATION I'ILEDDEO. 17, 1910.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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J. MOGAUSLAND & W. BAILEY.

WINDOW SASH AND FRAME. APPLICATION FILED DEG.17, 1910.

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VVITNEEEEE l'NIVENTDRE JAMES, MBEIAUELAND.

WILLIAM BAILEY.

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JAMES MGCAUSLAND AND WILLIAM BAILEY, OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

WINDOW SASH AND FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1912.

Application filed. December 17, 1910. Serial No. 597,956.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that we, JAMEs MoCAUsLANo and WILLIAM BAILEY, of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new. and use ful Improvements in Window Sashes and Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, relates to window sashes and frames.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction of sashes and frames, dispense with the weights and enhance the utility for ventilation purposes.

Figures 1 and 2 are, respectively, inside and outside views of a window having our improvements embodied in it. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line aa, Fig. 1 and Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are vertical sections through the window showing the sashes in different positions. Fig. 8 shows the application of our invention to an old sash frame. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate a construction in which some of our improvements are embodied, and Figs. 11 and 12 illustrate our invention applied at the angle of a bay window and to a stone mullion, respectively.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 7, the upper sash 1 of the window is pivoted at its lower edge by means of hinges 2 to hanging pieces or stiles 3 that slide in the outer grooves of the stiles 4c of the frame. The lower sash 5 is similarly pivoted by means of hinges 6 to hanging pieces or stiles 7 sliding in the inner grooves of the fixed stiles 1. The hanglng pieces or stiles 3 and 7 are connected by cords or wires 8 passing over pulleys 9 mounted in the upper portion of the frame 10 and the sashes are made of approximately equal weight so as to balance each other. By this improved construction, the usual weights and boxings are dispensed with, together with the internal reveals of brick or stone by which they are masked. The

lower sash 5 is furnished at its lower part with bolts 11 which engage recesses 12 12 in the hanging stiles 7 and fixed stiles 1, two pairs of such recesses being provided, the lower of which is used to lock the connected hanging pieces or stiles 3 and 7 in their highest and lowest positions, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1, while the upper pair is used to lock them in a partly open position suitable for ventilation, as

shown in Fig. 5. The bolts 11 are sunken into the sash frame so as to be flush with the inner face of same. Both pairs of recesses 12 are so formed as to allow the lower sash to be turned about its hinge to the eX- tent necessary for ventilation. The recesses are of such a length transversely of the stile that when the window is rocked on its hinges as for the purpose of facilitating cleaning, the window is free to be thus moved, but cannot be raised or lowered. The upper edges of both sashes are provided with suitable devices such as bolts, catches or screws, by which they may be secured to their hanging pieces or stiles. When said devices are disengaged, the sashes can be turned inwardly about their hinges for cleaning, or set at any desired angle for ventilation. The lower sash may be formed with apertures 13 through which extend screws 1 1 attached to its hanging pieces or stiles 7, nuts 15 being provided for drawing the sash toward its hanging pieces. The upper sash may be formed with apertures 16 through which pass pins or projections 17 having slots 18 in their ends; these pins or projections are borne by or hinged to the hanging pieces 7 and are adapted to be engaged by sunken bolts 19 carried by the sash. Fig. 6 shows both the upper and lower sashes turned inwardly about their hinges for the purpose of ventilation, but still locked so that they cannot be raised or lowered from the outside. Fig. 7 shows the lower sash raised and the upper one, which is of somewhat less depth, turned inwardly beneath it to enable the outside of the window to be cleaned from within the room. Upon opposite sides of the window frames are fixed studs 20, or the like, to which may be secured a cord in such a manner as to support the sashes when they are turned inwardly for cleaning. Access to the pulleys and cords may be provided by a removable panel 21 above the upper sash, and fitted and secured in any convenient and suitable manner. For instance, the panel may have a tongue 21 along its upper edge which fits in a groove 21 in the window casing and the lower edge of the panel may rest upon a ledge 21 formed on the head of the window casing, the panel being secured in place by a screw. To the sill of the sash frame is hinged a draft excluding board 22 which, when the lower sash 5 is raised for ventilation, as shown in Fig. 5, closes the aperture between it and the sill, and, when the same is lowered, covers the junction between it and the sill and conceals the bolts 11. The glazing is preferably effected by movable beads 24 secured by screws upon the inside of the sashes, without putty, or with only suflicient to bed the glass. Pocket holes, weights, boxings, beadings, face pulleys and reveals being by this construction dispensed with, greater compactness is thereby attained, with corresponding economy in cost. Under the head lining of the window casing, there may be a recess or space 25 to receive a blind 26, so that the blind can be kept clear of the topsash when open for ventilation.

Sashes such as hereinbefore described may be fitted to old window frames, as shown in Fig. 8; and where boxings are provided, the sashes may either be balanced by being connected by cords or wires, as above described, or balanced by weights as usual.

Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate a window accordingdto this invention wherein weights are use When the two sashes balance each other, we prefer to employ two small pulleys 9, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, as the depth of the space occupied by them is less than that required for a single pulley of greater diameter.

It is to be understood that windows, according to this invention, may be constructed in wood or metal, or partly of wood and partly of metal.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is A window comprising a frame, grooved fixed stiles, provided with pairs of recesses, a head rail and a sill, stiles sliding in the grooves of the fixed stiles, provided with pairs of recesses, upper and lower window sashes pivotally connected at the sides to said sliding stiles, bolts on the lower sashes adapted to enter said recesses in said fixed and sliding stiles when said lower sash is raised, said recesses being of suflicient transverse length to permit of said sash being swung on its hinges, whereby said lower sash may be moved to partially open locked position without withdrawing said bolts.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MGCAUSLAND. WILLIAM BAILEY.

Witnesses:

MARY PHILLIPS, HAROLD L. I-Iown.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0" 

